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City Of Manila Vs. Public Service Commission 052 Phil 515

THE CITY OF MANILA, petitioner, vs. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, respondent.

G.R. No. 29955 | 1928-12-22

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

The fundamental legal question in these proceedings is as to which of two existing agencies of the Government of the Philippine Islands, the City of Manila or the Public Service Commission is confided the power to authorize the Manila Electric Company to abandon a trolley bus service and a street car service, and to substitute therefor exclusively an auto bus service. The Attorney-General and counsel for the Manila Electric Company unite in sustaining the Public Service Commission in the exercise of this power. The fiscal of the City of Manila upholds the side of the city.
The Manila Electric Company first...